The Trump administration is making it more difficult for skilled foreigners to work in the United States, challenging visa applications more often than at nearly any point in the Obama era, according to data reviewed by Reuters.

Almost two weeks after President Duterte warned that he would declare martial law nationwide if communist rebels stage rebellion on the streets, Malacañang on Thursday said the chief executive wasn’t planning to impose iron-fisted rule throughout the country.

Philippine-based Max's Restaurant plans to expand its presence in North America by partnering with Canadian Alibin Group Inc.

Investor confidence remains fairly intact more than a year into the administration of President Rodrigo R. Duterte, as policy uncertainty has dissipated on the economic front despite persistent political noise, an analyst at S&P Global Ratings said Wednesday.

The Office of the Ombudsman has found sufficient evidence to indict Davao del Norte Representative Antonio Floirendo for the graft complaint filed by his erstwhile buddy, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, over a deal between banana grower Tagum Development Corp. and the Bureau of Corrections.

The Communist Party of the Philippines hailed the protest on Thursday, September 21, saying it showed “the determination of the Filipino people to oppose Duterte’s plan to replicate his idol,” the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

Soldiers held more than 200 lumad from the town of San Miguel, Surigao del Sur on their way to the provincial capital Tandag City to join protests Thursday marking the 45th anniversary of Ferdinand Marcos’ declaration of martial law and what critics see as the increasingly brutal rule of President Rodrigo Duterte.

The Fil-Am child sensation lost to 12-year-old singing ventriloquist Darci Lynne Farmer.

Women and children from two villages in Calamba, Laguna struck by flashfloods during tropical depression Maring last week received hygiene promotion kits, water purifiers and water jugs from aid group Americares.

Only the date of the reset barangay elections has to be agreed on by the House of Representatives and the Senate after the latter chamber approved on third and final reading postponing the village polls originally scheduled next month.

(UPDATE - 8:00 p.m.) One of the suspects in the hazing death of University of Sto. Tomas law student Horacio Castillo III left the country on Tuesday, September 19, news reports said.

Only by remembering can people prevent a recurrence a return of past horrors like martial law, which the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos declared over the country 45 years ago.

Government troops killed nine suspected New People’s Army guerrillas in a clash early Wednesday in Nueva Ecija province.

Some 1,400 participants joined the yearly run held Saturday in UP Diliman.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday criticized the legalization of marijuana in multiple states and warned that the federal law banning use and sale of the drug “remains in effect,” remarks that could stoke fears of a federal crackdown.